Smoking rates have dropped massively among high school students in the United States since peak figures in the mid 90s. 64% of students said they had tried a cigarette by their final year in 1997, whereas just 26.6% had smoked a cigarette at that age in 2017.

In the last few years, the popularity of vaping has risen considerably, and American adults and teenagers are no exception.

Authorities and researches only really began tracking and studying vaping as of 2015. In 2015, 35% of students in the 12th grade had tried an e-cigarette. In 2017, the figure rose to 38%.